FC email invite problem

[firestorm420]

First, I love the new FC Surveys and how they pay higher! there is just a few things that bug me sometimes.

Like JUST now I got an email for a short movie survey $1.10 and I clicked the link in the email but the page that loaded said "Internet Explorer cannot display the page" So I went to the FC Survey page itself on the website and clicked the survey, then it told me I had already participated!!! I didnt even SEE it, let alone participate!!!! These surveys are set up so that you can only TRY once then never again, but that creates some problems, like what just happened to me, or what if you accidently close or refresh you browser? or hit the wrong button? Then owell your screwed no do overs... I DONT like that aspect..

There should be something that tells them if you actually DQed from the survey or not, not just the fact that you clicked a link twice. If you DQed you cant try anymore, but if you werent DQed you should be able to re-open the survey, especialy if it never loaded the first time!!

[patapon555]

I never got such an email. o.o Well, I hope you can sort out your problem easily.

[ptfunds]

Yes, you're right, this is one of the "catches" in the system. I have had it happen a few times when a page didn't load correctly. It's a bit of a programming issue to work around all of the possibilities and determine what actually constitutes an attempted survey and probably more programming hours that it's worth. So, I guess we'll just have to take the bumps with the successes and know that stuff just happens sometimes.  Good luck!

[Administrator]

Yeah, unfortunately you get one shot at completing a survey, the first time you click on it.  In your case (when the initial part of the click succeeded but the end survey provider had a tech problem) it means that click was recorded in the FC Surveys system even though you proceeded no further.

This feature is in place because statistically speaking when someone clicks a survey a second time, it has a higher chance of being a fraudulent completion (e.g. filled out automatically, or by a computer program).  It doesn't mean we think anyone who clicks a survey twice is committing fraud, it's just a matter of probability... fraudulent completions can be reduced significantly by limiting each person to one click.  Seems strange but that's the way it goes!